Found 2 items, similar to Peripatetic.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: peripatetic
peripatetic
adj : traveling especially on foot;
“peripatetic country
preachers”;
“a poor wayfaring stranger” [syn:
wayfaring]
n 1: a person who walks from place to place
2: a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism
[syn:
Aristotelian,
Aristotelean]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Peripatetic
Peripatetic
\Per`i*pa*tet"ic\, n.
1. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant. --Tatler.
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2. A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.
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Peripatetic
\Per`i*pa*tet"ic\, a. [L. peripateticus, Gr. ?, fr.
? to walk about; ? about + ? to walk: cf. F.
p['e]ripat['e]tique.]
1. Walking about; itinerant.
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2. Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle
(who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at
Athens), or to his followers.
“The true peripatetic
school.” --Howell.
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